Johnny Hammersticks Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Minnesota. He'll head that way for his freshman year. Do you think he will stay all four years, and we'll end up with another Cal Peterson situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Do you think he will stay all four years, and we'll end up with another Cal Peterson situation? Doubt it. Mittelstadt will be a Gopher for no more than two seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 @BuffaloSabres Casey Mittelstadt earns praise: "I think he's one of the better players I've ever seen play." #SabresDevCamp recap http://bufsabres.co/Dugfki 2:25 PM - 11 Jul 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Do you think he will stay all four years, and we'll end up with another Cal Peterson situation? That's so incredibly rare and essentially never happens with the first round picks. You'd be lucky to see more than one in any given offseason and it's always a mid to late round guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 That's so incredibly rare and essentially never happens with the first round picks. You'd be lucky to see more than one in any given offseason and it's always a mid to late round guy. Thanks for the reassurance. Interesting little tid-bit re: Mittlestadt. My close friend's nephew, Jake Begley, won the Frank Brimsek Award (best HS goalie in Minnesota) this year. Casey won the Minnesota Mr. Hockey award. They are good friends and have played together and against each other a ton. I met Jake a couple weeks before the draft, and he was talking about how Casey was going to turn out to be the best forward taken this year. I told him I've never heard of him, and that I thought the Sabres would take a defenseman at #8. His reply was "Casey will be long gone before #8." To my surprise, I got a text forwarded from my friend (from Jake...I know that's confusing) saying "your Sabres just won the lottery!" FWIW...I thought that was kind of cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 @Russostrib BLOG: Marco Scandella reflects back on #mnwild, looks ahead to new chapter with Buffalo #sabres https://t.co/WT8OH9ECGu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 @BillHoppeNHL Lots of #Sabres notes w/Phil Housley's thoughts on his revamped D, the next assistant coach, Casey Mittelstadt +more http://www.buffalohockeybeat.com/sabres-phil-housley-likes-defense-plans-lean-marco-scandella/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Hard to know what to do on Samson...big year, you pay more long term. Not so big year, maybe it comes down to him vs Kane or keeping both with a smaller number for Sam. I'm hoping he has a big year and they find a way to keep him long term. He's got Hossa-type potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Did Cal Peterson participate in this camp the last three years? Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Anyone? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sabres+development+camp+roster+2014 http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sabres+development+camp+roster+2015 http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sabres+development+camp+roster+2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Anyone? Unless there's some rare occasion getting in the way, pretty much all of the draft picks participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) @Sportsnet Free agent Brian Gionta says a return to the #Sabres is "very unlikely." @lukefoxjukebox has more: http://sprtsnt.ca/2tfPk2W Edited July 12, 2017 by 26CornerBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Unless there's some rare occasion getting in the way, pretty much all of the draft picks participate. Thanks! Screw him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Thanks! Screw him. Why? The kid was a marginal prospect when drafted. For that reason, he sticks around in college to get the most of the time there. Once you've hit the point where you've done your 4 years, have developed into a wanted commodity, and can become a free agent, why wouldn't you? At most, he walked away from one year's worth of an AHL salary that he would have earned by signed last summer. Any one of us would prefer to have as many options as possible when starting out. Why do we turn around and hold that against a kid like Petersen. No one likes losing a prospect for nothing, but that's business. As for the thought of Mittelstadt doing the same that people like to throw around, the circumstances are very different. Petersen was a late bloomer who had minimal value when first drafted. It's that crap shoot draft pick that you leave alone and let stew a bit. Mittelstadt is a known commodity at this point. Both the team and the player are aware of their standing. He stands to gain a lot of money by turning pro early. He'll get the maximum allowed deal and be free of the entry level restrictions after 3 years. So if he signs next summer, he no longer has salary restrictions by the time he is 22. Petersen won't be free of those restrictions until he is 24 years old. So if Mittelstadt were to go that route, he's walked away from 3 years worth of that entry level salary, as well as 2 more where he has a multi-million dollar contract. He can if he wants, but that's a hell of a lot to walk away from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Why? The kid was a marginal prospect when drafted. For that reason, he sticks around in college to get the most of the time there. Once you've hit the point where you've done your 4 years, have developed into a wanted commodity, and can become a free agent, why wouldn't you? At most, he walked away from one year's worth of an AHL salary that he would have earned by signed last summer. Any one of us would prefer to have as many options as possible when starting out. Why do we turn around and hold that against a kid like Petersen. No one likes losing a prospect for nothing, but that's business. As for the thought of Mittelstadt doing the same that people like to throw around, the circumstances are very different. Petersen was a late bloomer who had minimal value when first drafted. It's that crap shoot draft pick that you leave alone and let stew a bit. Mittelstadt is a known commodity at this point. Both the team and the player are aware of their standing. He stands to gain a lot of money by turning pro early. He'll get the maximum allowed deal and be free of the entry level restrictions after 3 years. So if he signs next summer, he no longer has salary restrictions by the time he is 22. Petersen won't be free of those restrictions until he is 24 years old. So if Mittelstadt were to go that route, he's walked away from 3 years worth of that entry level salary, as well as 2 more where he has a multi-million dollar contract. He can if he wants, but that's a hell of a lot to walk away from. perfect summation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 Kris Baker's Summer 2017 Ranking of Sabres' Prospects: @SabresProspects Last tweet on this: #Sabres Prospects Summer 2017 Rankings http://www.sabresprospects.com/2017/07/summer-2017-sabres-prospect-rankings.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Kris Baker's Summer 2017 Ranking of Sabres' Prospects: @SabresProspects Last tweet on this: #Sabres Prospects Summer 2017 Rankings http://www.sabresprospects.com/2017/07/summer-2017-sabres-prospect-rankings.html Interesting Baily is fairly far down the , i was thinking he may get first shot at top 6 forward minutes with a strong camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 Interesting Baily is fairly far down the , i was thinking he may get first shot at top 6 forward minutes with a strong camp. I like Baptiste's chances ahead of his for 2017-18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 @NHLonNBCSports Report: Hurricanes ‘close’ to being sold https://t.co/QDrF0PZlRa @jgravleyWRAL .@NHLCanes have signed a letter of intent to sell to former Texas Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg. Agreement keeps Canes in Raleigh. #wral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 THIRD ANNUAL PROSPECTS CHALLENGE SET FOR SEPT. 8-11 BUFFALO, N.Y. (July 13, 2017) The Buffalo Sabres today announced the team will again host the Prospects Challenge from September 8 to 11 at HarborCenter. The Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils will be joined by the Pittsburgh Penguins to compete with the Sabres in the round-robin challenge featuring prospects from each team. The participating teams will each play three games during the course of the event, which will be held entirely at HarborCenter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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